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The Windows 8 Photos app introduces a new way to enjoy more of your photos. We realize the myriad places you have to go to see all of your photos, so we decided to bring them all to you in one place. Because you can connect your Microsoft account to services like Facebook and Flickr, you can…

As part of the recent MSDN Unplugged event I presented around New Zealand demonstrating some of the new features of IE9 and emerging HTML5 capabilities. This video shows how fast IE9 is using hardware acceleration for Canvas, SVG and video and compares to other browsers Firefox 4 RC, Chrome 10 and…

We’re only a month away from the launch of Xbox Kinect, and whilst a huge amount has been written about some of the kick ass, motion-controlled games that are coming down the line (Kinect Adventures is definitely my favourite), there’s another really cool feature that hasn’t has as much limelight –…

The popular Windows Media Center plugin, TunerFreeMCE, has been updated in a release the developer, Martin Millmore, is calling a “major” upgrade. The new plugin is now Windows 7-only, forgoing Vista support in order to allow for the numerous improvements it includes. Vista users can continue to…

At NAB Michael Scherotter sat down with Chris Gorman (CTO) and Don Levy (VP, Media & Entertainment) from Cinnafilm to learn about their Pixel Strings GPU Engine and their Dark Energy software, some very cool image processing technology for film and video processing. You…

VIDIZMO empowers you to create and deliver SCORM compliant live and on-demand interactive rich media presentations. Vidizmo delivers live broadcasts for training, learning, knowledge compliance, workforce development and corporate communication. Vidizmo uses Silverlight to capture live…

The Silverlight Geek himself, Jesse Liberty, appears on Silverlight TV and explores the Silverlight Hyper Video Platform (SLHVP). Jesse explains how SLHVP got off the ground and how it has evolved into a successful open source project. He explains how MVVM, unit testing, MEF, and many other solid…

This screencast shows how AppFabric Access Control (AC) can be used to provide identity federation, trust delegation, service authorization and integration with Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS), to control access to services based on Windows Azure. In the demo,…

Stuart Taylor is a researcher at MSR Cambridge and in his spare time he likes to mix bits as a VJ. He created an application called VPlay that allows him to mix video on a Surface like you would records on a DJ turntable. He stopped by the Channel 9 studio on his way to dinner last week and took a…

Stuart Taylor is a researcher at MSR Cambridge and in his spare time he likes to mix bits as a VJ. He created an application called VPlay that allows him to mix video on a Surface like you would records on a DJ turntable. He stopped by the Channel 9 studio on his way to dinner last week and took a…